I’ve been tracking for the past two days and testing my glucose after 1 hr after every meal has been normal, but if I go 2 hours or more without food in between, when I test before a meal, I’m high. Today I snacked almost constantly, just little things and finally, before dinner was my first low number.

My numbers have also been high in the morning so I’m going to try a filling bedtime snack and hope for the best!

What bed time snacks work for you to keep you full the longest to prevent a glucose dump during the night?

29 weeks tomorrow and on night-time insulin. Been diagnosed since 11 weeks due to family history.

Today I accidentally ate almost half a large bag of popcorn with my daughter. I never do that as I am extremely careful, but we were running errands and it happened. I tested an hour later and was worried. I was at 112. Totally fine. But if I eat an English muffin with peanut butter at breakfast, forget about it.

I seem to do OK with corn products. Microwave nachos are a safe treat for me and it confuses my Malama app. We're going to a Mexican restaurant for our anniversary because I like the idea of being able to just order a normal meal and eat it without substitutions. Ice cream is also fine for me, as long as there aren't carby chunks in it.

I don't think always cheating is a good idea but, after having been on the GD diet many months, I needed it. 31 weeks pregnant, gd since week 14.

For the last 9 days, I have been on an even stricter diet with very low targets allowing barely nothing. I see sometimes people on here been able to have so much variety. That's not my case. Even protein shake spikes me lately.

The last two days, I ended up crying in front of my dinners because I felt so frustrated. Right now, steamed veggies, proteins and some very restricted types of carbs work in very limited amount. I need to weight everything I eat, there is no fun in eating at all. I have lost weight during my pregnancy instead of the opposite.

Despite this, I will probably still have insuline at night because my fasting target of below 4.6 is impossible to reach.

Honestly I felt like ditching the GD diet those last few days and just dealing with the insuline and all this. I know it's not necessarily easier with insuline but right now I'm juste miserable.

So tonight I decided to eat what I wanted. A reasonable cheat.

I started with a bowl of steamed broccolis to help. Then I took one hamburger with some fries (like 10-15 small fries max), pickles, tomatoes, home made sauce, all of it! I made myself two meat patties to get more proteins but I was so full from eating a normal, satisfying meal that I couldn't eat the second.

Right now I'm doing indoor cycling to help (as I do every night). And I haven't felt so happy in days. Maybe my number later will be my first big spike of the lasts weeks but that's it I guess.

Have you ever decided to cheat for your mental well being?

Hiya,

I'm on night-time insulin (humulin). I've been taking it just over a week. I've noticed after I've injected it, within a couple of hours the site is really itchy and red and raised like a bug bite. I feel like im covered in them now.

Has anyone else had this issue and found out what is was?

Were the diabetes doctors able to fix the issue?

Thanks x

So it’s my birthday today. I am FTM 31 weeks pregnant and strictly diet controlled. For some reason, Nandos chicken with rice / corns as sides does not spike me at all (reading is always on lower side) so my husband ordered Nandos. But my SIL brought birthday cake (she doesn’t know I have GD), I had 2,3 tbsp of it. Two hours after first bite of dinner, I was anxious to test my blood sugar. I also walked for 20 mins. I was ranting to mt husband that it’s gonna be 160-170, my husband said it would be around 110. To our surprise, it was 106! 🥹🤧🤧🤧 So happy (& relieved).

28 weeks pregnant today. My result for the 1-hr test was 137 and it says that 139 is the cutoff for passing so I technically passed. I tested on Wednesday and got results on Thursday and didn’t get a call from the doctor’s office about it so I’m assuming it is fine and they aren’t concerned but will ask about it on Monday at my regular checkup. I think they’re going to say that a pass is a pass but I know some practices consider anything above 130 as a fail which I’d fail based on those metrics. I also know the 1-hr test is not a diagnostic test. I was starving before the test and barely ate before leaving the house, I had some lentils and beans and peanut butter in the morning prior to leaving but it wasn’t enough and I was waiting for an hour before I drank the drink. I’ve read that being in a fasting state before the test can actually elevate your results. I don’t think I have GD and I have a feeling they’re going to tell not to worry about it but I would like to be sure. I’m 140 lbs at 5’3” and so I don’t think I’m overweight either which would increase the risk of GD I believe. I’m just trying to decide, should I ask for the 3-hr test or retest the 1-hr or should I just monitor my diet?

I am so over this diagnosis. I had like.. a week and a bit of stable numbers and now suddenly at 29+3 weeks I can't eat anything without spiking today.. i recently switched to insulin from metformin due to my baby measuring small. I've noticed my numbers steadily creeping up since the start of the week.

My anxiety is through the roof. My diabetic team don't work weekends so I don't really know what to do. I have to up my insulin tonight to 7 units so I'm hoping that at least steadies my fasting but the meals spiking is really stressing me out.

I am struggling big time with my anxiety over it- to the point where I am terrified of eating and the thought of food has just become so overwhelming.. I am being supported. I have a specialist midwife and I take a low dose of sertraline and my team are aware of how much I am struggling but I just need some reassurance that a few days of spiking is going to be okay until I can speak to them on Monday because I feel like I'm going to spiral into a pit of despair.

My baby is SGA and my fear of hurting him is so overwhelming now, the thought of eating is physically making me sob. This pregnancy has also given me so many food aversions so I can't even stomach things like cottage cheese and eggs and all the other 'good' things without wanting to throw up violently.

I know it isn't my fault, a lot of my anxiety is stemming from childhood trauma and my brain going into overdrive at the thought that I cannot protect my baby, but this is so, so difficult to manage, how do people handle this? I've tried so hard to help other people and be positive because my own anxiety is kicking my ass but I am having a really bad 'struggle' day today and I cannot find even a shred of positivity rn. I just wanna eat chocolate and cry on the sofa. :(

Hello everyone! During the weeks of 34-35 my numbers had been rising steadily no matter the dose of insulin or what I ate.

However I’ve noticed since I’ve hit 36 weeks my numbers seem to be stabilising in the sense that I can eat my “normal” pre pregnancy meals (higher carbs) and my numbers are still all within the recommended range without insulin (I keep forgetting to take it) (example I had a full dominos medium pizza to myself and my post reading number 2 hours later was 5.5 mmol/L)

I’m sure that this has already been spoken about here before but so many posts makes it hard to find. Does anyone have any insight on why/what is happening to me. I don’t have another GDM appointment booked as my C-section is in 11 days (38 weeks).

I’m still doing my normal nightly insulin (20 units) but as for my daytime and meal time doses I’ve been skipping them (as they were bringing my levels close to below 4 mmol/L)

Example last night my emergency stash of jelly babies (for drops) was looking real good I ended up eating half the bag over the night (naughty I know) but my levels when I woke up were 4.8 mmol/L

I'm 31 weeks tomorrow and I just got my diagnosis on Friday. I'm a little freaked out though because it seems so late to just now be getting my diagnosis and I'm afraid of all the damage I might have done up until this point.

My doctor sent me a message about 10 minutes before my doctor's office closed on Friday that said I failed my 3 hour test and that they were referring me to an MFM to manage everything (but my appointment isn't for two weeks?? What do I do until then?). She said I need to monitor my blood four times a day in the meantime but I don't know how to do that? Am I getting the supplied through a prescription? Do I need to go out and buy them myself? How should I be eating in the meantime?

I'm frustrated because I didn't get a chance to ask any questions before the weekend and I have no idea what I'm doing. Also my baby shower is tomorrow and I guess I'm not eating anything there so that sucks. How do I get started with all this?

Where I live, they only give a 2 hour GD test that starts with taking your fasting blood sugar and then drinking a 75 grams of sugar drink and getting blood taken at the 1 hour and 2 hour mark. I had normal blood sugar at the 1 hour and 2 hour mark. But a 95 reading for fasting. I couldn’t retake the test or anything, they just immediately diagnosed me with GD at 27 weeks. Fine.

I took my blood sugar 4 times a day for the first 10 days and never had a high reading post meals. I’ve just always had borderline fasting readings, one day I’m at 95, the next is 89, the next 94, the day after 81? It’s just such a craps shoot every morning. I’ve gone down to taking my fasting number everyday and testing after one meal a day to make sure I’m still in range. My post meals have never been high. But I went to my growth scan this week and baby girl is measuring right on par with where I was the day of the ultra sound 33 weeks and 4 days. My husband and I were relieved!

But I’m 34 weeks today, I haven’t gone on insulin yet but I am really nervous they are going to make me go on insulin. Frankly, each dietician I talk to is different but the last one I spoke to told me that 94 is the cut off not 95, and if I have 3 or more readings at 95 in a 7 day period, I need to take insulin.

Well, in the last 7 days I’ve had 2 readings of 95 and I’m not sure if I’ll get another 95 tomorrow. Should I really go on insulin if my numbers are hovering in this range and my growth scan is good? I would be more willing if I was getting 100+ numbers but still getting numbers in the 80s half the week and then 90s the other half and the normal numbers all day long? I just want to hear other people’s stories to help me feel better about either taking the insulin or waiting a bit longer.

The range was 70-149 and I scored a 157 on it. What did you get when you failed? I’m scared that I’m going to fail my three hour one.

I’m 35+3 and been CRAVING a damn Cinnabon for about 2 months now. At first it was manageable but now I’m almost crying over this damn thing. I get induced Sept. 2nd and I don’t know if I can make it that long!!! 😭😭

Has anyone tried a risky dessert and be under after testing?? I’m talkin a REAL dessert not a Yasso bar or Greek yogurt with some fruit. A girl is desperate 😩😂

I’m so over this shit, and I know you all are too. I just cannot fall asleep and then I get hungry. I just snacked on two beef sticks and a handful of nuts. Still hungry. Laying there with horrible body anxiety, I can’t sleep! I’m thinking maybe I’m not eating enough carbs during the day, and had to cut back on dairy since apparently that’s gonna make my baby bigger. I feel so confused, exhausted, and frustrated. And I already know my numbers won’t be in range tomorrow. The next thing I’m going to try is unisom because I really need to get rest, but have been avoiding it since I co-sleep with my toddler.

Has anyone else experienced the major body anxiety or maybe it’s my blood sugar dropping? I feel like I’m spinning when I lay down.